The 100 Best School Districts In PA: New Rankings Released

PENNSYLVANIA — Data compiler Niche has released its new rankings of Pennsylvania's best school districts for the 2020-2021 school year.

Each Pennsylvania district received a letter grade in the following categories: Academics; Diversity; Teachers; College Prep; Clubs & Activities; Health & Safety; Administration; Sports; Food; and Resources & Facilities.

To arrive at the rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data, and ratings collected from Niche users. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

The top-ranked school district in Pennsylvania is Radnor, which was No. 2 last year behind the Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, which was ranked first last year. Niche gave Radnor an A+ in all categories except for diversity, for which it received a B.

Here are Pennsylvania's 100 best school districts, according to Niche:

1. Radnor Township School District
2. Tredyffrin-Easttown School District
3. Fox Chapel Area School District
4. Lower Merion School District
5. Mt. Lebanon School District
6. North Allegheny School District
7. Unionville-Chadds Ford School District
8. Wallingford-Swarthmore School District
9. School District of Upper Dublin
10. Upper St. Clair School District
11. Garnet Valley School District
12. Wissahickon School District
13. Hampton Township School District
14. Central Bucks School District
15. Colonial School District
16. South Fayette Township School District
17. Great Valley School District
18. Derry Township School District
19. State College Area School District
20. Downingtown Area School District
21. Spring-Ford Area School District
22. Rose Tree Media School District
23. Lower Moreland Township School District
24. Quaker Valley School District
25. Fairview School District
26. New Hope-Solebury School District
27. West Chester Area School District
28. Parkland School District
29. Springfield School District
30. Peters Township School District
31. School District of Haverford Township
32. Perkiomen Valley School District
33. North Penn School District
34. Council Rock School District
35. Manheim Township School District
36. Lewisburg Area School District
37. Central Columbia School District
38. Wyomissing Area School District
39. York Suburban School District
40. Montour School District
41. Moon Area School District
42. Owen J. Roberts School District
43. Southern Lehigh School District
44. Cumberland Valley School District
45. Pine-Richland School District
46. Marple Newtown School District
47. Greater Latrobe School District
48. Jenkintown School District
49. Franklin Regional School District
50. Phoenixville Area School District
51. Abington Heights School District
52. Wilson Area School District
53. Upper Merion Area School District
54. Abington School District
55. Nazareth Area School District
56. Wilson School District
57. North Hills School District
58. Kennett Consolidated School District
59. Lampeter-Strasburg School District
60. Pennsbury School District
61. Souderton Area School District
62. North Pocono School District
63. Penn-Trafford School District
64. Hempfield School District
65. Seneca Valley School District
66. Norwin School District
67. North East School District
68. Danville Area School District
69. Plum Borough School District
70. Mechanicsburg Area School District
71. Windber Area School District
72. Northeastern York School District
73. General McLane School District
74. Methacton School District
75. Central York School District
76. Richland School District
77. Delaware Valley School District
78. Mars Area School District
79. Camp Hill School District
80. Fort LeBoeuf School District
81. Upper Moreland Township School District
82. Palmyra Area School District
83. Springfield Township School District
84. Bethel Park School District
85. Avonworth School District
86. Canon-McMillan School District
87. Penn Manor School District
88. Greencastle-Antrim School District
89. Dallastown Area School District
90. Gettysburg Area School District
91. Dallas School District
92. East Penn School District
93. Hermitage School District
94. Neshaminy School District
95. Cocalico School District
96. Spring Grove Area School District
97. Millcreek Township School District
98. Southern York County School District
99. Lower Dauphin School District
100. Conestoga Valley School District